Movies Like Take Aim at the Police Van

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Tokyo Drifter

1966·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewTMDB recommendsDir. Seijun Suzuki

The Sleeping Beast Within

1960·1h 26m·★ 6.7·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewBoth star Shoichi Ozawa & Shinsuke AshidaDir. Seijun Suzuki

The Man with a Shotgun

1961·1h 24m·★ 6.3·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Shigeyoshi Mine

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

1963·1h 29m·★ 6.8·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Shigeyoshi Mine

Kanto Wanderer

1963·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Shigeyoshi Mine

Carmen from Kawachi

1966·1h 29m·★ 7.1·Seijun Suzuki

2 shared crewDir. Seijun SuzukiDP: Shigeyoshi Mine

Underworld Beauty

1958·1h 27m·★ 6.9·Seijun Suzuki

4 shared cast incl. Michitarō Mizushima & Mari ShirakiDir. Seijun SuzukiCrime & Thriller

Intimidation

1960·1h 5m·★ 7.3·Koreyoshi Kurahara

TMDB recommendsBoth star Mari Shiraki & Reiko AraiCrime & Thriller

A Colt Is My Passport

1967·1h 24m·★ 7.4·Takashi Nomura

TMDB recommendsDP: Shigeyoshi Mine

Rusty Knife

1958·1h 30m·★ 6.7·Toshio Masuda

TMDB recommendsStarring Mari ShirakiThriller & Crime

The Bad Sleep Well

1960·2h 30m·★ 7.9·Akira Kurosawa

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Youth of the Beast

1963·1h 32m·★ 7.3·Seijun Suzuki

Thriller & Crime & MysteryStarring Misako WatanabeDir. Seijun Suzuki

I Am Waiting

1957·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Koreyoshi Kurahara

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Cruel Gun Story

1964·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Takumi Furukawa

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Character

2021·2h 5m·★ 6.5·Akira Nagai

Fans also likedThriller & Mystery & Crime

The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

Fans also likedCrime & Mystery & Thriller

The International

2009·1h 58m·★ 6.5·Tom Tykwer

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Mystery

Smashing the 0-Line

1960·1h 23m·★ 6.3·Seijun Suzuki

Starring Shoichi OzawaDir. Seijun SuzukiCrime & Thriller

Cleaner

2007·1h 28m·★ 6.1·Renny Harlin

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & Mystery

All the Devils Are Here

2025·1h 27m·★ 5.4·Barnaby Roper

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Mystery

How Good Is Take Aim at the Police Van?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.